Street-wise (1959) and Street Smart (1960)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nothing earlier here. The terms were cliche's by the early ' 70s.

  JL

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I don't know if these terms comes from NYC. Perhaps OED and/or HDAS have
better.

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